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Week in Review (Feb 13-20): Obama in Vegas, Isildur1, and more…

Dave McCarthy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:24:52 +0000

In General Poker News: Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer each donated $30k to attend a fundraiser with President Barack Obama Thursday night at the home of Palms owner George Maloof. No word on whether the two Full Tilt pros were able to convince the President to accept the Irish Poker Open’s invitation to play in [...]

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Week in Review (Feb 13-20): Obama in Vegas, Isildur1, and more…

New at the Academy: An Interview with Tom “durrrr” Dwan

Dave McCarthy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:44:08 +0000

In case you’re unfamiliar with Tom “durrrr” Dwan, the youngest member of Team Full Tilt started with a $50 bankroll in 2004 and is now considered one of the best high stakes players in the world. He recently issued the “durrrr Challenge.” Durrrr and an opponent (the first is Patrik Antonius) play four tables of [...]

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New at the Academy: An Interview with Tom “durrrr” Dwan

New at Full Tilt

Dave McCarthy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:21:55 +0000

Hello Railers, This is my first post, and I’m honored to be joining AlCantHang as a blogger here at Poker from the Rail. I plan to post regularly about general poker news, as well as happenings within the Full Tilt community. The rest – news commentary, poker humor, strategy essays – I’d like to leave [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Academy – Five Common Hold ‘em Leaks

AlCantHang — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:14:02 +0000

With the World Series of Poker just a few days away, this might be my last push at running a Full Tilt Poker Academy challenge 5 Common Hold’em Leaks. This went also went quickly right on the tail of doing the Pre-Flop Play Challenge which shared many similarities to this one. Hand selections before the [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Academy – Five Common Hold ‘em Leaks

Full Tilt Poker Academy – Pre-Flop Play Challenge

AlCantHang — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:35:40 +0000

My trek through the world of the Full Tilt Poker Academy continued when I chose Chris Ferguson’s Pre-Flop Play Challenge. Meant to enforce proper pre-flop discipline, the challenge has tasks based on your position and hole cards. The different strategies are discussed in the session video and a good place for you to start. When [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Academy – Pre-Flop Play Challenge

Full Tilt Poker Academy – Bankroll Management Challenge

AlCantHang — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:53:43 +0000

It took me awhile to get back in the swing of things but I’ve finally completed my second challenge on the Full Tilt Poker Academy. My first was the Sit N’ Go By the Numbers Challenge which went rather quickly thanks to a sick run of cards. This time around I went with the Chris [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Academy – Bankroll Management Challenge

Weekend Plans

AlCantHang — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:17:32 +0000

You’ve had a tough week at the office, the kids are driving you nuts, or maybe none of that is true. You can use any excuse available to justify a little personal time hitting the tables at Full Tilt. There are plenty of chances to hit up the big games online this weekend or you [...]

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Weekend Plans

Full Tilt Poker Academy – First Challenge

AlCantHang — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:03:08 +0000

Over the last week I’ve spent quite some time poking around the new Full Tilt Poker Academy checking out the offering, lessons and challenges. I’m impressed with the amount of educational material they’ve loaded into the site with promises of more and more. After going through some of the lessons I decided one evening to [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Academy – First Challenge

Full Tilt Poker Academy – A first look

AlCantHang — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:24:17 +0000

I heard awhile ago that we were about to see the launch of the Full Tilt Poker Academy and I was pretty excited. I know the principle people involved in the project, leaving little doubt that the new site would be impressive and educational. The roster of players involved alone guarantees an increase in poker [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Academy – A first look